In this issue:

• Medical student practices Spanish with patients in Peruvian capitol
• Dash Shaw ‘Bottomless‘ exhibit
• No Man’s Land: Competing sovereignties in the Central African borderlands
• Steve Kelly joins DUCIS as Diplomat in Residence
• DUCIS unveils new website with new logos

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  gallery exhibition, Global Perspectives, In the News, research grants, Steve Kelly

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• “Duke launches new policy: students must register for international travel“
• “Workshop focuses on challenges to international studies centers in the 21st-century university“
• “Die Another Day: Healthcare in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela“ a field report by 2007 travel award recipient Edgar Mkrtchian.
• “A Fulbright Year in Israel: spreading the word on HIV/AIDS“ a field

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  Global Perspectives, health, Policy & Organizational Management Program, research grants, Taiwan

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• “Democracy, growth on the rise in Latin America; but crime, corruption remain serious issues,“ by Jennifer Prather from the April 9th Phillips lecture by José Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
• “Interviewing HIV patients in Kenya makes African continent less abstract, more human,“ a field report from DUCIS 2006 travel award

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  Art, Global Perspectives, health, research grants, Wendy Ewald

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• “ACC universities collaborate on international education“ A recap of the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference International Academic Collaborative (ACC-IAC) meeting, held at Duke University on Nov. 20-21.
• “Duke Faculty and Staff seek training to increase empathy, Intercultural Competency, towards international students“ by Jennifer Prather.
• “Iraq’s neighbors should help broker reconciliation in Iraq“ by visiting Iraqi

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  Ariel Dorfman, Global Perspectives, Middle East

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• “Picture Mourning: Photography as companion in public and private remembrance“ by Rob Sikorski
• “Key to making a successful application? Start thinking now!“ by Nazaneen Homaifar, 2006-07 Fulbright Scholarship recipient
• Announcement of travel and Fulbright award competitions for 2007-08 study
• Announcement of 2006-07 Fulbright Awardees
• “POMP takes its program abroad“ by Cheryl Lin
• Korean PASS

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  Art, Funding Opportunities, Global Perspectives, international studies, Policy & Organizational Management Program

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• Duke and DUCIS launch new Global Health Institute
• Shakespeare in Iraq (News re. Abdul Sattar Jawad, DUCIS visiting scholar and professor from Iraq)
• “Deemed exports rules cause concern for Duke and other research universities“ by Jennifer Prather
• “South African activist brings an HIV positive message: We can win the battle against AIDS“ by Jennifer Prather
• Ariel

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  Africa, Ariel Dorfman, Concilium on Southern Africa, Foreign Language and Area Studies, international studies, Middle East

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• “From a global education at Duke to a hopeful mission in Uganda“ by George Piwang-Jalobo
• “Homeland security ate my speech to the MLA“ by Ariel Dorfman
• University Seminar: Globalization, Equity, and Democratic Governance
• DUCIS News & Upcoming Events

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  Africa, Ariel Dorfman, Global Governance and Democracy, Global Perspectives, international studies, research grants

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• “The Rise, Fall, & Recovery of International Studies“ by Gilbert W. Merkx
• 2006 DUCIS Research & Travel Award Competitions
• “Towards a Promised Land: the Works of Wendy Ewald“by Rob Sikorski
• Entering the Global Gateway
• “Engineering student receives DUCIS research award to spend summer helping Nicaragua’s hospitals“ by Michael Scott
• DUCIS News & Upcoming Events

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  Funding Opportunities, Global Perspectives, international studies, Wendy Ewald

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